09 Nov Free E-courses available for Electronics Enthusiasts

Quoting Times of India “Over 2.5 lakh Indians have registered for courses on edX, the massive open online course (Mooc) platform founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University in May 2012 to host online university-level courses.

This makes Indians the second largest community, after Americans, to register for these courses, said edX president Anant Agarwal, an Indian American who grew up in Mangalore and who has been teaching the circuits & electronics course in MIT for 26 years.”

Below we have compiled a list of some FREE E-courses available that we believe that every electronics enthusiast should enroll for:

Learn KiCAD printed circuit board design:

Course Provider: UdemyCourse Instructor: Niklas Wennerstrand

Details: This Udemy tutorial gives you the opportunity to learn KiCad in a fast visual fashion.During these video tutorials the instructor will teach you how to set up your project and design a printed circuit board.

Modelling and Simulation using MATLAB®
Course Provider : iversityCourse instructor:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Fries, Prof. Dr. Peter DannenmannDetails : Modelling and simulation make a particular part of the world easier to define, visualize and understand. Both require the identification of relevant aspects of a situation in the real world and then the use of different types of models for different objectives and the definition of the most suitable model parameters.

This course teaches you to simulate models for a wide range of applications using MATLAB – a high-level programming language and an environment for numerical computation and visualization.

Principles of Electric Circuits:Course Provider: edxCourse Instructor : Xinjie Yu, Wenjuan Lu, Wei ZhaoDetails :Principles of Electric Circuits (20220214x) is one of the kernel courses in the broad EECS subjects. Almost all the required courses in EECS are based on the concepts learned in this course, so it’s the gateway to a qualified EECS engineer.The main content of this course contains linear and nonlinear resistive circuits, time domain analysis of the dynamic circuits, and the steady state analysis of the dynamic circuits with sinusoidal excitations. Important concepts, e.g. filters, resonance, quiescent point, etc., cutting-edge elements, e.g. MOSFETs and Op Amps, etc., systematic analyzing tools, e.g. node method and phasor method, etc., and real-world engineering applications, e.g. square wave generator and pulse power supply for railgun, etc., will be discussed in depth.

In order to facilitate the learning for students with middle school level, we prepare the necessary knowledge for calculus and linear algebra in week 0. With your effort, we can show you the fantastic view of electricity.

Sense, Control, Act: Measure the Universe, Transform the World:Course Provider: edxCourse Instructor: Surya Singh, Michael Kearney, Stephen WilsonDetails: This course will journey through sensor physics, electronic instrumentation, signal processing, and basic control strategies. A wide variety of applications will be presented and the common underlying principles of sensing, signal processing and control will be the key learning areas.

A series of design & build activities is a key part of this course. A customised kit will be made available for purchase in order to participate. More details about where to purchase the kit will be made available closer to the start date of the course.